Comments on: This is a really important programme to … http://talkislam.info/2008/07/08/this-is-a-really-important-programme-to/ a crescent waxing eloquent Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:06:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: zahed http://talkislam.info/2008/07/08/this-is-a-really-important-programme-to/#comment-1475 zahed Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:45:29 +0000 http://talkislam.info/2008/07/08/this-is-a-really-important-programme-to/#comment-1475 typing on the train... sorry for the typos. btw, the online rebroadcasts are normally limited to those in the UK. typing on the train… sorry for the typos. btw, the online rebroadcasts are normally limited to those in the UK.

]]> By: zahed http://talkislam.info/2008/07/08/this-is-a-really-important-programme-to/#comment-1472 zahed Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:28:09 +0000 http://talkislam.info/2008/07/08/this-is-a-really-important-programme-to/#comment-1472 there was a bit of controversy in the papers before this programme aired, when an excerpt from MP Shahid Malik (first Muslim minister in the government) said that Muslims were the "new Jews". seeing his quote in context on the show, with its impassioned (non-Muslim) host bringing up a lot of disturbing parallels about what is acceptable in public discourse. for the 'mericans: the breadth of documentary programming available here in prime time is startling... some very bad, most very good. this was one of the best (on the anniversary of 7/7, no less) there was a bit of controversy in the papers before this programme aired, when an excerpt from MP Shahid Malik (first Muslim minister in the government) said that Muslims were the “new Jews”. seeing his quote in context on the show, with its impassioned (non-Muslim) host bringing up a lot of disturbing parallels about what is acceptable in public discourse.

for the ‘mericans: the breadth of documentary programming available here in prime time is startling… some very bad, most very good. this was one of the best (on the anniversary of 7/7, no less)

]]> By: aziz http://talkislam.info/2008/07/08/this-is-a-really-important-programme-to/#comment-1445 aziz Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:25:36 +0000 http://talkislam.info/2008/07/08/this-is-a-really-important-programme-to/#comment-1445 good god. <blockquote> What the Sun had done was to take a local story about a piece of vandalism, probably caused by local snobbery about the presence of soldiers – and convert it into another kind of story altogether about evil Muslims. This case is far from unique. As we discovered while researching this pamphlet, is in fact typical of reporting of the Muslim communities across large parts of the mainstream British media.</blockquote> I had no idea it was so insidious. This happens here in the US but mostly only in the right wing media, which apart from the Washington Times, is far from mainstream. Even Fox News doesn't dare go that far so brazenly. good god.

What the Sun had done was
to take a local story about a piece
of vandalism, probably caused by
local snobbery about the presence
of soldiers – and convert it into
another kind of story altogether
about evil Muslims. This case is
far from unique. As we discovered
while researching this pamphlet,
is in fact typical of reporting of
the Muslim communities across
large parts of the mainstream
British media.

I had no idea it was so insidious. This happens here in the US but mostly only in the right wing media, which apart from the Washington Times, is far from mainstream. Even Fox News doesn’t dare go that far so brazenly.

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